Failed resuscitation in acute severe asthma: a medical indication for emergency thoracotomy?

A case is reported in which a 32-year-old man who had a cardiac arrest secondary to acute severe asthma was successfully resuscitated following an emergency thoracotomy when conventional external measures failed.

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Published in:	Archives of emergency medicine Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 233 - 235
Main Authors:	Diament, R H, Sloan, J P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine 01-12-1987 Blackwell BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Asthma - therapy Biological and medical sciences Emergencies Emergency and intensive respiratory care Heart Arrest - therapy Humans Intensive care medicine Male Medical sciences Resuscitation Thoracotomy Human Intensive cardiocirculatory care Cardiocirculatory arrest Respiratory disease Emergency Thoracotomy Asthma
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Summary:	A case is reported in which a 32-year-old man who had a cardiac arrest secondary to acute severe asthma was successfully resuscitated following an emergency thoracotomy when conventional external measures failed.
Bibliography:	PMID:3440051 istex:F546DE03C467EDBEDD4DF905443088AA1B1DC44A ark:/67375/NVC-H16VS6JC-7 href:emermed-4-233.pdf local:emermed;4/4/233 ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0264-4924
DOI:	10.1136/emj.4.4.233